The Spy will win if he completes his missions without running out of time, OR if the sniper shoots the wrong target.

The Sniper will win if he shoots the spy, OR if the spy runs out of time before he completes all the missions.

(Note: This means that you DO NOT have to shoot someone as the time ticks down)

• Swap the Statue:
  This can be one of the most tricky objectives to accomplish. Several maps have statues which can be picked up, inspected, and put back, or swapped for a fake! There are three statue models. When the spy swaps the statue, the model will randomly change to a different one than the original. What makes this hard to pull off is that MOST snipers will memorize the statues at game outset and be hyper attentive to anyone handling them.
  
  
• Bug the Ambassador:
  When close to the Ambassador, the Spy will reach out as if patting their rear for a moment. It's very subtle and easy to miss unless the Sniper is fixating on the Ambassador. I think it's one of the easiest missions to pull off.
  
  
• Contact the Double-Agent:
  At the party, there will be a "double agent" cast member. The sniper may have potential double-agents highlighted - while the Spy knows the real one. (Number of potential double agents the sniper sees depends on map) While in conversation, the Spy can contact him and the phrase "banana bread" will be uttered. The sniper will hear this as well, and be able to deduce that the spy is one of the people conversing. This can be done as a "fake" as well - possibly tricking the sniper into focusing on the wrong people.
  
  
• Inspect Statues
  As simple as it sounds, this objective only requires the spy to pick up and inspect the statues similar to as an NPC would. Very difficult for the sniper to pick up on.
  
  
• Fingerprint the Ambassador:
  For this mission you need to lift fingerprints two times from objects the ambassador recently touched. If the ambassador puts away a book or gets a drink from Toby then fingerprints are left behind. If you're the next person to do that interaction, you get the fingerprints for free with no action test. If you're the second next person to the interaction, then to lift the prints you need to pass an action test that can only succeed on a perfect (green). The prints are gone after the second patron. An alternative source of fingerprints is to lift prints while returning the ambassador's briefcase, as they tend to absentmindedly leave it lying around. The AI behavior for returning with the briefcase is fairly weird, however, so it's sorta guaranteed to look suspicious.
  
  
• Transfer Microfilm
  For this mission you need to transfer microfilm from one bookcase to another. Which bookcases don't matter, they just need to be different. There are two ways to do this; one is to retrieve the microfilm while reading a book and then sliding it in while reading at the other case. Both actions have a hard-tell animation of the spy moving their hand from their waist to the book, and depending on the action test success it can be quite blatant. The other option is to take the whole book with you and slide it into a different bookshelf. NPCs can and will carry books around, but they will never put one inside a different bookshelf. Books are grey by default, but the sniper can mark them with a color to keep track and make swapping it much more dangerous. Once a book is put away the mark and color are removed.
  
  
• Purloin the Guest List
  While getting a drink from Toby, you have an option to take the guest list he has sitting on his tray. The mission is complete right away, but you can optionally put the guest list back afterwards. If the sniper noticed the missing list then returning it is extra danger for no reason, but if they didn't notice then you can get away with a mission scott free. This is different for when Toby is at a bar. In that case he keeps the list in his pocket and takes it out when serving. You can pocket the list at the bar yourself, or you can go to a conversation circle and make the nearest NPC go steal it for you. In either case the list cannot be returned to bartender Toby.
  
  
• Seduce a target
  This one requires you to seduce a particular target in conversation. Seduction depends on proximity - up to ~33% completion per seduction action. There is a short cooldown which goes faster if you put some distance between yourself and the target between seduction attempts.[/u]
  
  
• Adding time
  Not a Mission per se, but the Spy can add time to the round by glancing at his watch at a window tile. It can be obvious to a Sniper who's paying attention - but if there are other things happening it can also be missed very easily.

Here's the list of Action Tests and results:

quote:

(The action in question)

(G) Green - "Nailing" the prompt

(W) White - Getting the prompt within the successful band.

(R) Red - Missing the successful part of the prompt

(C) Cancelled - Doing nothing or moving to cancel


Contact Double Agent
(G)= No talk animation, can move immediately, contact success
(W)= Talk animation, contact success
(R)= Audible cough, contact fail
(C)= Audible cough (x2?), contact fail

Fingerprint Ambassador
(G)= Prints lifted
(W)= N/A
(R)= Prints ruined
(C)= Prints not lifted (If statue: prints ruined and statue dropped with audible clang)

Inspect Statues
(G)= Fast inspection
(W)= Normal inspection
(R)= Slow inspection
(C)= Statue dropped with audible clang

Purloin Guest List
(G)= Completed by next NPC to get drink
(W)= Normal (list fades)
(R)= List blinks several times before fading
(C)= Audible crash

Seduce Target
(G)= Flirt effective (51% max)
(W)= Flirt less effective (33% max)
(R)= Flirt target leaves conversation
(C)= Nothing happens

Swap Statue
(G)= Completed by next NPC to handle statue
(W)= Statue changes in hands
(R)= Statue changes in hands several times
(C)= Statue dropped with audible clang

Add Time
(G)= Time dilates for the sniper (slows down)
(W)= Time adds immediately
(R)= Time adds immediately with beep
(C)= Beep with no time add

Transfer the Microfilm
(G)= Subtle animation on transfer
(W)= Less subtle animation on transfer
(R)= Obvious animation on transfer
(C)= Your Spy raises his arms and yells "I'm the SPY!" (or might as well) with no transfer.


These are available on "experienced" mode and are awesome to play around with. Nailing a prompt for a statue swap, for example, can be incredibly effective as the sniper is very likely to shoot the NPC who handled it. Other actions become much more subtle when you get the green prompt.

These actions open up the opportunities for some advanced plays:

Banana Split: You drop contact (or fake contact) double agent and green prompt it. This enables you to immediately walk away from the conversation - giving you a good shot at a sniper lowlight. A very attentive sniper may sniff this out, and instead highlight you.

Fake Banana Split: Same as a Banana split, EXCEPT you stay in conversation and immediately Red prompt a seduction attempt. This will cause your seduction target to walk away - in an attempt to get the sniper to think the seduction target just did the banana split.

Framing: Framing is a strategy to try and convince the sniper that an NPC is the spy. For example, you could delegate a guest list purloin to your seduction target, then execute a fake banana split. Alternately you could green prompt a statue or (Waiter Toby) guest list and see who triggers the action. You can then execute a banana split with that NPC in the conversation circle, hopefully marking them as suspicious.

Your only objective as Sniper is to shoot the Spy, but there are several mechanics to discuss which are of use:


• Highlighting
  With this action, the sniper can flag a partygoer as suspicious and "Highlight" them for a closer watch. Some things that can earn a Spy the dreaded "highlight" is hanging out near the Ambassador too much, the Sniper noticing time added when the Spy may have been close / near a window, a "banana bread" call when there's only a few people in conversation, etc. Highlighting is a way to track your "top suspects."
  
  Lowlighting
  Lowlighting is a method to tune out party goers which are considered to be ruled out as a suspect to the Sniper. For example, if a "banana bread" call goes out, the sniper can lowlight anyone NOT in conversation. The sniper can also lowlight the "actors" who will never be the Spy - which include double agent suspects, the Ambassador, the security guard (Damon) and the waiter (Toby).
  
  Shooting
  When the sniper is confident he as fingered the Spy, he can take the safety off his rifle and assassinate the party goer he thinks is the Spy. If he's wrong, he loses. One shot, one kill, one chance.

• Be careful how you walk, walk with a purpose. Choose the next floor "tile" you are going to stand on and proceed there directly. Do not loiter outside of tiles, you will stand out. NPCs don't mill around aimlessly or change direction or serpentine. Walk like them.
  
  
• If the sniper laser sight is on you, do not panic. Proceed to do whatever it is you were doing. Just don't do anything spy like, like swap a statue. Inspect the statue, put it down, move on and come back later.
  
  
• Be wary of a drink in your hand. Certain actions require both hands to complete, and you can't do it while you have a drink. Drinks can also be a "tell" for a Spy which has recently purloined the guest list.
  
  
• The beginner maps are notorious for being difficult for statue swaps - as there are few of them and it stick out a bit more due to the geometry. The street corner bar in particular is hard to successfully swap on. Beginner maps always have a statue swap - so don't be discouraged if you get sniped when you are practicing this mode.
  
  
• The opening of the map is very chaotic, and the snipers are usually trying to memorize the statue. It's a good chance to get something done, such as bugging the ambassador or obtaining the guest list. If you find you constantly run out of time, adding time might go completely unnoticed here.
  
  
• Making contact with the double agent allows the sniper to eliminate (lowlight) targets - so saving it for last is a good strategy. Experienced snipers may take a late "banana bread" call as a prompt to shoot their top suspect, as they can expect it was the last mission and the Spy is about to win. This can be used against the sniper, if you are running out of time and you don't think you're suspicious.

• Use your highlights and lowlights so your brain doesn't have to work so hard.
  
  
• YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SHOOT SOMEONE A timeout is a lost for the spy, not a loss for the sniper. As the timer ticks down, be on the lookout for a spy who's panic rushing objectives or trying to add time.
  
  
• Try to memorize the statue orientation right off. Many spy's will try to "rush" the statues as it is the most difficult task usually, and the opening scene chaos gives them a good window to pull a swap off before you memorize the statues.

Tinfoil Papercut fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Apr 19, 2018

explosivo fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Apr 13, 2018

• Fingerprint the Ambassador:
  For this mission you need to lift fingerprints two times from objects the ambassador recently touched. If the ambassador puts away a book or gets a drink from Toby then fingerprints are left behind. If you're the next person to do that interaction, you get the fingerprints for free with no action test. If you're the second next person to the interaction, then to lift the prints you need to pass an action test that can only succeed on a perfect (green). The prints are gone after the second patron. An alternative source of fingerprints is to lift prints while returning the ambassador's briefcase, as they tend to absentmindedly leave it lying around. The AI behavior for returning with the briefcase is fairly weird, however, so it's sorta guaranteed to look suspicious.
  
  
• Transfer Microfilm
  For this mission you need to transfer microfilm from one bookcase to another. Which bookcases don't matter, they just need to be different. There are two ways to do this; one is to retrieve the microfilm while reading a book and then sliding it in while reading at the other case. Both actions have a hard-tell animation of the spy moving their hand from their waist to the book, and depending on the action test success it can be quite blatant. The other option is to take the whole book with you and slide it into a different bookshelf. NPCs can and will carry books around, but they will never put one inside a different bookshelf. Books are grey by default, but the sniper can mark them with a color to keep track and make swapping it much more dangerous. Once a book is put away the mark and color are removed.
  
  
• Purloin the Guest List
  While getting a drink from Toby, you have an option to take the guest list he has sitting on his tray. The mission is complete right away, but you can optionally put the guest list back afterwards. If the sniper noticed the missing list then returning it is extra danger for no reason, but if they didn't notice then you can get away with a mission scott free. This is different for when Toby is at a bar. In that case he keeps the list in his pocket and takes it out when serving. You can pocket the list at the bar yourself, or you can go to a conversation circle and make the nearest NPC go steal it for you. In either case the list cannot be returned to bartender Toby.
  

• White section/letting the bar run out: Ordinary result. Purloined guest lists will slowly fade out, statues will morph into another, the spy will put microfilm into their pocket. Many of these actions are hard tells if the sniper is looking directly at you. Fingerprinting is the only action that you can't ; you need to click for that.
  
  
• Green section: Desirable result. If you nail the tiny window then you essentially just do the action better; flirt harder, inspect faster, etc. Some actions are more interesting. For statue swaps/list purloins you make it so it'll only swap/disappear when the next NPC interacts with it. It swaps/disappears much faster than it does on a white test, so if the sniper's looking right at the spot and can remember that you were the previous patron then they can link it back to you. Green testing Contact Double Agent means your spy doesn't do a talking animation, and can thus leave the conversation circle immediately after the Banana Bread. This can give you a lowlight as it can seem like you aren't in a circle during the BB, though pro snipers have learned to be suspicious of anyone who bolts immediately like that. Green testing a Time Add makes it so the timer doesn't jump 45 seconds, but instead slows down, essentially adding that same 45 seconds but invisibly. The sniper can still potentially notice the time dilation but it's much more subtle.
  
  
• Red section: Sloppy result. The mission is completed (apart from fingerprints), but in an obvious way. Statue swaps/list purloins will flash a couple times, rather than just fading out. Microfilm Transfers are fumbled with a noticable animation. Flirt targets are insulted and instantly leave the conversation. Banana Breads have a cough sound & animation afterwards, a total dead giveaway.
  
  
• Cancelling by moving away: Godawful result. If you cancel an action by moving away not only will you usually not complete the mission, but you'll usually get a penalty that's way worse than even the red test. Cancelled statue actions will drop them with a loud clang, and cancelled purloins will make a loud crash sound out from Toby's tray. Cancelled Contacts can still be complete as long as Banana Bread was said, but moving before getting the option to "stop talking" will make you cough. Cancelling flirts is the one exception; it doesn't have a penalty.
  

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